RO M E
Ancient music notation on a gravestone.
GAMES
Romans had a very different
perception of games than that
of Greeks. For Greeks, games
had religious significance. But
for Romans, they were not
religious; however, Rome didn’t
use games for just
entertainment they also played
strategy games to help train for
the military. Romans might
play games like knucklebones,
(above), a game very similar to
our jacks.
MUSIC
Like a very much of Roman
culture, Roman music was
adopted from the Greeks. It is
believed that Roman music was In this brochure I will go over the
practically identical to Greek topics:
music. Although music was Roman Games
rarely notated, in the few
Roman Music
instances it was, it was done Roman Art
using Greek letters and Greek Roman Architecture
rhythm symbols. Also their Roman Mythology
instruments were tuned to
Greek modes. Greek modes
are a set of scales still used by
musicians today.
Hunter McKay
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Romans borrowed much of their mythology from the Greeks. Many Greek gods and deities were
Jupiter and his siblings took over rule, stationed at Olympus, and enslaved the titans for eternity.
The story than gets very complicated involving many gods and demi-gods; however, parallels can
Capitoline Brutus. A bronze sculpture "om
ancient Rome
Roman art was yet another aspect
of Roman culture that was greatly
influenced by the Greeks. Greeks
were the first to master the true
human form in their art and the
Romans carried on that tradition.
Roman art consisted of paintings,
sculptures, mosaics, pottery and
other more obscure forms. The
focus for most of their art was
capturing realistic interpretations
of humans in natural poses.
RO M A N M Y T H O L O G Y
simply given latin names and adopted as Roman gods. The Romans believed that Jupiter, the
chief god and his siblings overthrew the titans who were in rule of the universe at the time.
easily be drawn between Greek and Roman mythology.
RO M A N A RC H I T E C T U R E
T H E A R C H
Roman architecture represented many mathematical
and scientific innovations. One of these was the
arch. Roman’s discovered that, by stacking numerous
triangular blocks on top of each other, they could
distribute the weight more evenly and eliminate the
need for numerous columns all along the inside of
Palmyra Pont du Gard
the building.
THE DOME
An even greater Roman accomplishment was the
dome. Romans were the first civilization in history
to realize the potential of the dome. They created
buildings of unprecedented size because of how
structurally sound the dome is. Romans created the
Pantheon, a temple to all the gods. The Pantheon
held the record for largest dome from 128-1436.
Pantheon